SoccerBot Showdown
Objective:
A) Students will build a small mobile robot that can play soccer.
Robots will need to dribble the ball (a large whiffle ball), pass the
ball, shoot goals and defend a goal. For the competition, there will be
three robots on each team.
B) Design and maintain a digital copy Engineering Notebook that must be
maintained and updated through the challenge.
The Bots:
1)Students must submit a detailed and labeled drawing prior to beginning the
build.
2)Robots must fit in a 12”x12”x12” box.
3)Robots may use no more than 3 TETRIX motors (hint: LEGO motors might
also be helpful)
4)Robots must be built from ONLY the contents of one basic TETRIX kit and one
basic LEGO Mindstorms kit.
5)Robots must be programed using a remote control (NO KEYBOARD
CONTROLLING).
The Game:
●Each 5-minute game will include 6 robots - 3 on each team.
●Robots must be able to play offense and defense.
●On any given possession, 2 of the 3 robots on an alliance must touch
the ball.
●Robots must move continually in order to avoid a penalty (no parking
in front of the goal, no intentional pinning other robots)
●Robots must not cross the center line until the ball does (no
cherrypicking)
●Each goal is worth 1 point - counted toward each individual robot’s
overall score; curve will be based on the individual robot with the
highest total points from all three introductory classes.
The Notebooks:
1)Two (2) days a week will be dedicated to notebook maintenance and updates
(for a total of 6 entries).
2)Team members will add notes, calculations, observations, photographs, etc. to
document the design process.
The Points:
1)100 points for the robot design and build
2)100 points for the notebook
3)100 points for the competition (based on a curve of the highest score in all of
the intro classes)
